Oct 2 - By Associated Press
BC the cat survived, but likely used up one of his nine lives when someone shot an arrow through his head. The 2-year-old gray and white tabby came home one day last week looking like he was doing a bad imitation of the Steve Martin skit from the 1970s. BC's arrow was pointing front-to-back rather than side-to-side.

Aug 27 - By Associated Press
Scientists say a Roman horse head made from bronze and plated in gold has been discovered at an archaeological site in Germany.

Aug 12 - By Dan Pompei, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Pompei: The successes of 2008 first year head coaches Mike Smith, John Harbaugh and Tony Sparano inspired more head coaching changes in 2009. After all, if they could do it, others could too, right? Well, maybe.

Jul 23 - By Mike Corder, Associated Press Writer
The descendants of an African chief who was hanged and decapitated by a Dutch general 171 years ago reluctantly accepted the return of his severed head Thursday, still angry even as the Dutch tried to right a historic wrong.

Jul 2 - By George Jahn, Associated Press Writers
The world's top nuclear watchdog chose Japan's Yukiya Amano as its next head on Thursday — and he touched on the devastation U.S. atom bombs wreaked on his country in pledging to do his utmost to prevent the spread of nuclear arms.
Jun 23 - By Associated Press
The case of the severed snake head in a dish of a broccoli at an upstate New York restaurant may go unsolved.
Jun 23 - By Marcus Wohlsen, Associated Press Writer
Lawmakers agreed unanimously Tuesday to snuff out new shops that sell pot-smoking paraphernalia in the heart of San Francisco's one-time hippie district.

Jun 9 - By George Jahn, Associated Press Writers
A veteran Japanese diplomat emerged Tuesday as the favorite to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei as head of the U.N nuclear agency, after most agency board member nations backed him against four other candidates in an informal poll.
Jun 6 - By Alysia Patterson, Associated Press Writer
A new road sign cautions drivers to watch for Amish horse-drawn carriages in the valley beneath Colorado's Sangre de Cristo mountains. Highway pull-offs and dedicated horse-and-buggy paths are in the works.
May 7 - By Associated Press
T.G.I. Friday's says a severed snake head found in a dish of broccoli at one of its upstate New York restaurants was apparently planted in the meal. Company spokeswoman Amy Freshwater said Friday independent laboratory tests confirmed the snake head was added to cooked broccoli at its Clifton Park restaurant. The Carrollton, Texas, company has asked state police to investigate.
Apr 17 - By Jay Reeves, Associated Press Writer
A Mississippi woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink, authorities said Friday.

Apr 15 - By Pete Iacobelli, AP Sports Writer
Brian Gay's taking next week off. After what he did at Harbour Town Golf Links, he might want to reconsider.
Apr 7 - By Brett Zongker, Associated Press Writer
Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein's giant blue "Modern Head" sculpture, which survived the 9/11 attacks, is joining the permanent collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Apr 3 - By Associated Press
Prax Sanchez says he doesn't recall any serious hammer-and-nail mishaps in his past.

Mar 29 - By Associated Press
A Brazilian man who came to a hospital with a spear stuck in his head after a diving accident says he is done with underwater fishing.

Mar 25 - By George Jahn, Associated Press Writers
Two men with differing visions for the International Atomic Energy Agency failed Friday to win enough support to become its new chief, splitting the vote among the agency's developed and developing countries.
Mar 20 - By Mike Corder, Associated Press Writer
The severed head of King Badu Bonsu II is going home to Ghana, around 170 years after it was hacked off in retaliation for the slayings of two Dutch emissaries whose skulls were hung from the tribal leader's throne.
Dec 23 - By Toby Sterling, Associated Press Writer
It's a brutal 19th century revenge story: An African tribal chief kills two Dutch emissaries and hangs their heads from his throne. In retaliation, a Dutch general has him killed and decapitated.
Dec 18 - By Associated Press
A man who was hit by a stray bullet in the back of the head is back at work — with the slug still stuck in his skull. E.T. Strickland, 74, a commercial real estate seller, said the bullet hurts, but not enough to keep him from his job.
Dec 2 - By Associated Press
A teenage suspect with a bullet lodged in his forehead, who made headlines two years ago when authorities sought unsuccessfully to remove it for evidence, has reached a plea deal to settle remaining charges against him.
Nov 11 - By Associated Press
Police are investigating after a woman leaving for work with her 9-year-old daughter on Sunday morning found a frozen pig head stuck on top of a pole next to a tree her yard.
Jun 18 - By Associated Press
Police say some students who moved out of an apartment near the University of Pennsylvania cleared it out down to the bare bones. An assistant manager who cleaned up found a human skull on the kitchen counter.
Jun 14 - By Associated Press
A teenager with a bullet lodged in his forehead that police wanted removed to prove he tried to kill the owner of a used-car lot has withdrawn a guilty plea and will face trial on several felony charges.
Jun 11 - By Associated Press
George Chandler says he didn't know a 2 1/2-inch nail was driven into his skull until his buddy spotted it stuck through his cap.
Jun 10 - By Associated Press
A suburban Kansas City man accidentally fired a 2.5-inch nail into the top of his head, but says he now feels fine after a doctor used a claw hammer to remove it.